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Toward Open Recognition? Standardization and Regional Integration Under Article Xxiv of GATT

Trachtman, Joel P. - 2010

This paper provides a legal analysis of the significance of standards, technical regulations and SPS provisions (collectively, "TBTSPS") in regional trade agreements ("RTAs") in relation to the multilateral trading system. From a normative perspective, it examines the way in which RTA regulation...

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Deep Integration with the EU and its Likely Impact on Selected ENP Countries and Russia

Maliszewska, Maryla - 2010

The aim of this study is to estimate the impact of the removal of NTBs in trade between the EU and its selected CIS … foreign providers of services. We conclude that a reduction of NTBs and improved access to the EU market would bring … international trade. The possible welfare implications of deep integration with the EU range from 5.8% of GDP in Ukraine to sizeable …

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Institutional Harmonization in the Context of Relations between the EU and Its Eastern Neighbours : Costs and Benefits and Methodologies of Their Measurement

Kolesnichenko, Anna; Dimitrov, Veliko; Dubrovskiy, Vladimir - 2009

This paper studies costs and benefits of institutional harmonisation in the context of EU relations with its neighbors …. The purpose of this paper is to outline the likely forms of institutional harmonisation between the EU and its Eastern …

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Economic Integration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Ayadi, Rym; De Wulf, Luc; El Elj, Moez; Gasiorek, Michael; … - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2009

This study evaluates the effects of the current Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement for the EU and the …

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Service Offshoring and Export Experience

Berlingieri, Giuseppe; Marcolin, Luca; Ornelas, Emanuel - 2021

Service inputs are a key component of the costs of exporting, and contribute to explain the process of internationalization of firms. A new dataset on the participation of French firms in global value chains reveals that firms with longer export experience in a market are more likely to source...

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Service Offshoring and Export Experience

Berlingieri, Giuseppe; Ornelas, Emanuel; Marcolin, Luca - 2021

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International outsourcing and the productivity of low-skilled labour in the EU

Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter - 2001

-skilled workers in EU manufacturing. Whereas in the short run international outsourcing exhibits a negative marginal effect on real …This paper presents first insights into the role of international outsourcing on the productivity of low … structure. The change in the outsourcing intensity since 1993 alone acounts for a long-run increase of about 3.3% in the real …

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Transnational Private Regulation in Professional Services

Delimatsis, Panos - 2012

The objective of this study is to map the landscape of transnational private regulation (TPR) in professional services. Transnational private regulation in professional services examines the emerging body of rules created by private actors in a manner that leapfrogs national borders. Driven by...

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International Accounting Education and Certification in the Former Soviet Union

McGee, Robert W. - 2004

Transition economies encounter numerous problems as they go through the process of converting their centrally planned economic systems into market economies. One hurdle they face is how to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). One of the keys to attracting FDI is having financial statements...

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The GATS and Legal Services in Limerick

Terry, Laurel S. - 2007

One of the most significant regulatory developments for legal services is their inclusion in the 1994 General Agreement on Trade in Services or GATS. The GATS was the first world trade agreement to cover services rather than goods and it applies to legal services. The GATS in Limerick is a...

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